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The essays Emily Ratajkowski wrote for her new book, “My Body,” reveal a person whose politics and sense of self are very much in progress. “They were written to try to figure out what I believed,” she said.https://nyti.ms/3mqByJC 

She and her husband achieved early acclaim with “Dim Lights, Thick Smoke (and Loud, Loud Music),” a twanging barroom anthem released in 1953 that became a honky-tonk classic.https://nyti.ms/3vX1e3G 

Bruce Gaston arrived in Thailand as a conscientious objector to the Vietnam War, fell in love with Thai music and spent the rest of his life immersed in it as he became one of the country’s leading musical figures.https://nyti.ms/2Zvkfy2 

The stand-up specials that get the most attention tend to be made by stars, but fans know the funniest ones are more likely to emerge from midcareer workhorses. @zinoman writes about new hours by Theo Von, Roy Wood Jr., Ricky Velez and Jo Firestone.https://nyti.ms/3GA2jmY 

The “In This House” lawn sign has become a ubiquitous liberal mantra, a font of absurd memes and a symbol of the inescapable psychic pull of the 2016 election, our critic writes.https://nyti.ms/3vYyPdB 

They are citizen activists, acting with moral purpose but no governmental authority, and still members of the Nepal Heritage Recovery Campaign have been able to play a role in the return of seven ancient artifacts this year.https://nyti.ms/3vWjtWR 

Mubi Go, which has debuted in New York, allows cinephiles to watch one movie per week at a theater — and also stream hundreds of handpicked films from home.https://nyti.ms/31gf45Z 

With "Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin," the found-footage franchise incorporates Covid-19, Amish country and multiple cameras. It's streaming on Paramount+.https://nyti.ms/3jIBpzq 

“Listen, there are a lot of decent celebrity books in the world,” Emily Ratajkowski said of her essay collection, “My Body.” “This is not that.”https://nyti.ms/3BvRaQe 

In “Review,” Madeline Hollander takes marking, the private, unmannered language that all dancers practice, and turns it into an evocative show.https://nyti.ms/3mplcAU 

Rose Lee Maphis, the singer and guitarist who, with her husband, Joe, was a mainstay of the early years of live country music television, has died at 98.https://nyti.ms/3BrOx1Y 

Kristina Wong ran a mask-making operation during the pandemic, and it inspired her new one-woman comedy at New York Theater Workshop.https://nyti.ms/3CrQHjt 

Christopher Williams’s new hourlong dance is called “Narcissus,” but the work is equally about Echo. The shift in focus and an altered ending are part of Williams’s contemporary queer reimagining of the story.https://nyti.ms/3pLuQA1 

Looking for some fun sci-fi streaming recommendations? We pick a period sci-fi/action hybrid, low-budget domestic puzzlers and a mega budget, yet overlooked, time-travel spectacle.https://nyti.ms/3vVMdz7 

Lawyer for the armorer on the Alec Baldwin film "Rust," Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, said she had "no idea" how live ammunition got on the film set. The lawyers said the set was "unsafe" but that it was "not the fault of Hannah."https://nyti.ms/3CrpvRH 

From “Antlers” to “Lamb,” new folk horror films wonder what happens when humans mess with Mother Nature.https://nyti.ms/3Csj3dx 

The steady, diligent beat is from Sade’s “Cherish the Day” by way of Raphael Saadiq; the promises of loyalty, honesty and absolute devotion are from Alicia Keys. Hear the first track from Keys's double album, on the Playlist.https://nyti.ms/3Bvf8eq 

Ed Sheeran is something of a modern pop mathematician. But his new album, "=," doesn't add or subtract anything from his signature formula, writes @lindsayzoladz.https://nyti.ms/3EqzlEb 

The artist Stanley Whitney, 74, on being ignored: “I’d go to all the galleries, get to my studio and say, ‘Well Stanley, you see what they like, do you want to keep doing this?’” he recounted. “And I would say, ‘Yeah, I want to keep doing this.’”https://nyti.ms/3jQSaIL 

Lawyer for the armorer on "Rust," the Alec Baldwin film where a cinematographer was fatally shot, said that she did not know where the lethal live ammunition had come from, and described the set as "unsafe."https://nyti.ms/3mlU8CB